Hairpin



Patented July 12,1932 I new HANS A. PRYM, OF GREAT NECK, NEW YORK HAIBPIN Application filed October 21, 1931; Serial I To. 570,179, and in Germany July 7, 1981.

The object of the invention is to provide a hairpin so constructed as to form a releasable loop in which the strands of the hair may be readily placed and thereafter eifectually held; to provide a hairpin in which any shifting movement, after attachment, will not be attended with separation or opening of the loop to release the hair; and to provide a device of the kind indicated which is of simple form and therefore susceptible of cheap manufacture.

With this object in View, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the structure of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of another form of the invention; and i Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the structure of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of another form.

The device is constructed of a single strand of resilient wire bent back on itself to provide the complemental legs 1 and 2 which are joined with the loop 3, the latter giving the legs a spring tendency towards each other. Both legs are longitudinally bowed, the leg 1 to a slightly less radius than the leg 2, so

, .that..in. :norma1 position, they are nearly in face contact.

The leg 2 has its free terminal 4 deflected outwardly to provide an angular shoulder 5 adapted for engagement with a seat 6 formed by similarly bending the leg 1, but thereafter bending the free terminal 7 in the opposite direction from the terminal 4.

The terminals 4; and 7 constitute divergent finger-engaging prongs by which the legs may be separated, if desired, or they define an entrance mouth by which the pin may be en- 5 gaged with the strands of hair, longitudinal movement of the pin through the hair causmg the latter to separate the legs until it enters between them, when the spring tendency of the legs towards each other engages the shoulder 5 in the seat 6.

In that form of the invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the legsl and 2 have a spring tendency towards each other by reason of the connectlng loops 3, but the shoulder 5' on the leg 2 is formed by crimping the leg at the terminal, as shown, so that it engages a seat 6' formed by similarly crimpin the leg 1 but in an opposite direction. The free terminals 4: on the legs 2' and 7 on the leg 1' function enerally as do the terminals 4 and 7 of that form shown in Fig. 1, but the terminal 7' is longer than the terminal a, so that the hand, holding the loop 3 may se arate the legs by passing the terminal 7 un er strands of hair and flexing the device in a direction to separate the legs. In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 5, the legs 1a and 2a are substantially straight and have a sprin tendency towards each other by means of t e connecting loops 3a. In this form, the shoulder 5a and seat 6a together with the terminals may be made like the corresponding terminals of the form of Fig. 3. J

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A hairpin formed from a single strand of resilient material bent back on itself to provide complemental legs and a connecting loop giving the legs a spring tendency towards each other, the terminals of the legs being bent to provide a shoulder on the one and a seat on the other with which the shoulder is engageable, the extremities of the legs beyond the shoulders and seat being arran ed in divergent relation, the legs being arc ed in the direction of their length with the radius of the arc of the one less than that of the arc of the other.

2. A hairpin formed from a single strand vide complemental legs and a. connecting loop giving the legs a, spring tendency towards each other, the terminals of the legs being bent to provide a shoulder on the one 5 and a seat on the other with which the shoulder is engageable, the extremities of the legs beyond the shoulders and seat being arranged in divergent relation with the one longer than the other, the legs being arched in the direction of their length with the radius of the arc of the one having the seat being less than the Eadius of the arc of the one having the shoul- In testimony whereof I hereby afiix my ig. nature.

HANS A. PRYM. 

